Founded
in 1885, the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology is a science and engineering
research university located in Rapid City, S.D., offering bachelor’s, master’s
and doctoral degrees.
Beginning the summer of 2019, new
freshmen and new transfer students from North Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming,
Montana and Colorado will pay in-state tuition to attend South Dakota School of
Mines & Technology. SD
Mines is a science and engineering research university located in Rapid City,
SD. The university enrolls 2,654 students and has a student-to-faculty ratio of
15:1. The school continually ranks among the best universities in the country
for return on investment and quality education.
The South
Dakota Board of Regents approved the adjacent state tuition program,
the South
Dakota Advantage, for all state universities this week. “Our goal is
to grow enrollments, meet South Dakota’s workforce needs, and bring additional
financial resources to our universities and the state,” said Regents President
Kevin Schieffer. “Our data show 30 percent of non-resident students stay in
South Dakota to pursue a career after graduation. This is an important
demographic for us to engage.”
“The South Dakota Advantage will
make it much more financially viable for talented students from surrounding
states to take advantage of the stellar and affordable STEM education offered
at Mines,” said President Jim Rankin. “We look forward to welcoming more
out-of-state students to the beautiful Black Hills and the Mines campus and we
are excited to see how the South Dakota Advantage helps grow SD Mines.”
South Dakota Advantage means SD
Mines students could see the largest savings out of all state schools. A student taking a full course load would see a savings of more than $4,000 per year.
South Dakota already has a
reciprocity agreement that allows Minnesota students to attend South Dakota
state universities and vice versa at a reduced non-resident cost. Due to the
existing reciprocity agreement, Minnesota was not specifically included in the
South Dakota Advantage program. Mines also already has an in-state agreement
with Nebraska and Colorado students, but the Colorado agreement is currently tied
to a specific GPA and ACT score. Under the South Dakota Advantage, those requirements
will no longer be needed to qualify for in-state tuition rates.
For information on applying to SD
Mines visit the Admissions Office here.